GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| realm | kingdom |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| mortician | undertaker |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |